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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and reported good/ excellent self-rated health (SRH) among HIV positive participants 15 years and older

From: Determinants of excellent/good self-rated health among HIV positive individuals in South Africa: evidence from a 2012 nationally representative household survey

Variables

Total

Reported good/excellent SRH

Sex

n

%

na

%

95% CI

p-value*

 Male

819

37.1

810

71.0

66.5–76.0

0.824

 Female

1813

62.9

1790

71.7

68.5–74.9

 

Age in years

 15–24

399

12.5

394

88.4

84.0–91.7

< 0.001

 25–34

926

39.4

916

77.0

72.5,80.9

 

 35–44

693

30.9

686

65.3

59.4,70.8

 

 45–54

393

12.5

386

59.3

51.2,66.9

 

 55+

221

4.8

218

52.4

44.1,60.6

 

Race groups

 Black African

2398

97.3

2368

71.9

68.9–74.7

0.008

 Other

234

2.7

232

56.1

43.3–68.1

 

Employment status

 No

1574

63.6

1563

68.9

65.2–72.5

0.029

 Yes

916

36.4

907

75.2

70.4–79.5

 

Asset based SESb

 1st Quintile

923

35.4

917

69.4

64.8–73.6

0.079

 2nd Quintile

842

33.3

827

74.3

69.4–78.7

 

 3rd Quintile

524

22.2

516

72.7

67.2–77.5

 

 4th Quintile

231

7.6

230

63.5

51.8–73.8

 

 5th Quintile

83

1.5

83

85.9

73.2–93.2

 

Locality Type

 Urban formal

907

37.3

892

71.6

66.1–77.1

0.895

 Urban informal

527

12.7

522

69.4

64.4–74.0

 

 Rural informal

854

44.9

848

71.5

67.4–75.9

 

 Rural formal

344

5.1

338

74.4

60.8–84.4

 
  1. aTotals do not add to overall total due to non-response and /or  missing data; bQuintiles 1–5 represent a continuum of household socio-economic status (SES) from the most poor to the least poor; *Significant at p < 0.05